New World porcupine

English right|thumb|North American porcupine (Erethizon dorsatum species) Noun New World porcupine Any of the large, arboreal, spiny-furred rodents of the family Erethizontidae family, native to forests and wooded regions of North America and northern South America. en 2004 Fred Cooke The Encyclopedia of Animals: A Complete Visual Guide 232 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=2V1tHqi4hLEC&pg=PA232&dq=%22new+World+porcupine%22%7C%22new+World+porcupines%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YnHXUqrxBovHkAWN54C4Ag&ved=0CI0BEOgBMBA#v=onepage&q=%22new%20World%20porcupine%22%7C%22new%20World%20porcupines%22&f=false New World porcupines, found in both North and South America, are arboreal and climb trees with agility, aided in some species by a prehensile tail. en 2009 Uldis Roze The North American Porcupine 206 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=A3HuW_DMglQC&pg=PA206&dq=%22new+World+porcupine%22%7C%22new+World+porcupines%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YnHXUqrxBovHkAWN54C4Ag&ved=0CH4Q6AEwDQ#v=onepage&q=%22new%20World%20porcupine%22%7C%22new%20World%20porcupines%22&f=false The bizarre structure, shared with the New World porcupines, so impressed Stuart Landry that he argued for a common origin for the New World and Old World hystricomorphs long before the mainstream of biologists felt ready to do so (Pocock 1922; Dathe 1937; Landry 1957 en 2011 Terry A. Vaughan; James M. Ryan Mammalogy http://books.google.com.au/books?id=Mqv4Lo1vpk4C&pg=PA227&dq=%22new+World+porcupine%22%7C%22new+World+porcupines%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=YnHXUqrxBovHkAWN54C4Ag&ved=0CFwQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=%22new%20World%20porcupine%22%7C%22new%20World%20porcupines%22&f=false 227 New World porcupines have some arboreal adaptations that are lacking in their more terrestrial Old World counterparts. Synonyms en erethizontid Coordinate terms en Old World porcupine Translations Estonian: et urson German: de Baumstachler m, de Neuweltstachelschwein n, de Urson m Hungarian: hu kúszósül, hu urzon Italian: it eretizontide m Polish: pl urson m-an Spanish: es eretizóntido m Tewa: tew són en Caviomorphs